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Environmental correlates of parasitism in introduced threespine stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) in the Upper Deschutes River Basin, Oregon

Creator:

Koketsu, Wataru

Abstract:

The Pseudophyllidean tapeworm, Schistocephalus solidus, is a parasite that requires both copepods and fish, mainly the threespine stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) as intermediate hosts, and birds as its final host to complete its life cycle. A rapid increase in the abundance of both the non-native stickleback and the tapeworm in the...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis

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Introduced Threespine Stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) in the Upper Deschutes River Basin, Oregon By